NY's Cost Of Living Is The Worst, 83% Of Voters Say: Poll

NEW YORK CITY — New Yorkers agree: the cost of living is too damn high.

An overwhelming majority — 83 percent — of New York voters surveyed in a new Siena College poll said the state's cost of living is a major problem.

The issue also ranked as voters' top issue in the poll released Tuesday, with 27 percent saying they want Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers to address it.

"In assessing the severity of problems facing New York, there is, surprisingly, considerable agreement among Democrats, Republicans and independents,” said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg in a statement. "At least 80% of each partisan group thinks the cost of living in the state is a major problem."

The bad impressions for New York voters didn't stop there.

The poll found 57 percent of voters surveyed said the state's quality of life is getting worse.

"A huge majority of Republicans, a large majority of independents and a plurality of Democrats all say the quality of life in New York is getting worse," Greenberg said. "In fact, a majority of virtually every demographic group – pluralities of Democrats, liberals and New York City voters – say things are getting worse."

New Yorkers crossed partisan lines to agree on other issues — at least 71 percent of Democrats, Republicans and independents said affordable housing is a major problem, as did at least 64 percent and 51 percent of each about crime and the migrant influx, respectively, according to the poll.

And they also believe American democracy will stick around, at least for a few more years.

By a 71 percent to 18 percent margin, the poll found voters believe that the U.S. still will be a democratic republic in 2030.

Read the full poll here.